Strategic Assistant (m/f/d) to the Executive Board Member Operations & Logistics

29 countries. Around 49,000 colleagues. 70,000 pharmacies supplied and millions of patients: Join PHOENIX! Support us in supplying the people of Europe with medicines and healthcare products quickly and reliably – and experience a job that is as diverse as it is important. Where you can proactively master challenges, implement ideas and drive change. Look forward to pure variety at a successful, future-proof family company, the market‑leading pharmaceutical retailer in Germany and at the same time the best integrated healthcare provider in Europe.

Strategic Assistant – Operations & Logistics

The Strategic Assistant acts as a trusted sparring partner to the Executive Board Member Operations & Logistics / Managing Director Italy. The role combines executive coordination, strategic analysis, and hands‑on project support, thus enabling fact‑based decision‑making and effective execution across the PHOENIX group. The position is to be filled at our headquarters in Mannheim.

Tasks

• Report directly to the Executive Board Member Operations & Logistics of PHOENIX group / Managing Director Italy
• Support the Executive Board Member with all business activities: provide reliable analysis, develop conceptual ideas and offer straightforward solutions for day‑to‑day business activities
• Coordinate and create presentations for top management meetings, as well as external conferences
• Act as an interface between the central departments & local managements within PHOENIX group
• Lead or support group‑wide, interdepartmental projects in operative business and strategic areas
• Recognize focus points, opportunities & risks for business on the basis of market and KPI analysis

Profile

• Minimum 3‑5 years of professional experience; Consulting or Logistics background or prior professional role in pharmaceutical sector is a plus
• Entrepreneurial thinking, analytical skills as well as an independent and goal‑oriented way of working
• Fully proficient with MS Office suite
• Professional and friendly manner, absolute reliability and discretion when dealing with confidential information concerning senior management topics
• High degree of commitment, flexibility and assertiveness
• Willingness for European wide business travel
• Fluent English, both spoken and written; Italian and German is beneficial

Benefits

• Future‑proof: We are growing and expanding. We are the market leader and offer you a permanent employment contract, vacation pay as well as 30 days of vacation and much more. (job bike, company pension scheme, etc.)
• Reconciliation of private and professional life: We offer mobile office and flexible working time models.
• Career: We promote you! There are great opportunities within the PHOENIX Group.
• Continuing education: We would love to - we are happy if you are eager to learn. The PHOENIX Learning World offers you an exclusive range of further training courses.
• Team: This is how we work. We promote team cohesion through small and large events.

Please apply online including your salary expectation and your earliest possible starting date. Your contact person is Mr. Erik Sabo. We are looking forward to your application!